Insurer Says Coverage Confirmation Didn’t Create Implied Contract With Provider

(May 2, 2018, 2:09 PM EDT) -- LOS ANGELES — Disclaimers in a confirmation of coverage and benefits fatally undermine a medical center’s implied contract claim, while its quantum meruit claim fails because the services provided to the insured did not benefit the insurer, an insurer told a federal judge in California on April 30 (Long Beach Memorial Medical Center v. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of South Carolina Inc., et al., No. 17-8181, C.D. Calif.)....